Speculation is rife in Dubai about another big crash. Then again these speculations happen every year so what to believe?

Perhaps the UAE signed up to Saudi's mischief over Qatar as a red herring ploy to obscure the real status of the UAE economy? Beyond that I have no idea why the UAE got involved instead of remaining neutral like Kuwait and Oman.

Speculation is rife in Dubai about another big crash. Then again these speculations happen every year so what to believe?

Perhaps the UAE signed up to Saudi's mischief over Qatar as a red herring ploy to obscure the real status of the UAE economy? Beyond that I have no idea why the UAE got involved instead of remaining neutral like Kuwait and Oman.

Deeper than what it seems, perhaps it will all come out in the wash in the future!

Indeed. But to me it feels normal - I tend to stay for the summers and it's always miserably quiet.

Are you not approaching the age of quiet being good, that one step away from considering the merits of living in a cabin in the woods?

My excuse for being quiet is that I got struck down with some kind of viral fever for 5 hellish days. It was like entering a native american sweat lodge and eating various hallucinogens to pass the test in to warrior hood, except much less fun than that sounds